Shillong, July 21 -- Several pressure groups and local stakeholders of Meghalaya have voiced firm resistance against any move by the Hima Mylliem to alter or distribute land within the Law Mawpat forest, which the KHADC officially designated as a "Law Adong" (protected forest) in 2014.

According to a report by The Shillong Times, Biangbor L Paliar, president of the KSU Mawlai Circle, reaffirmed the union's support for the Meghalaya Town Dorbar (MTD) in preserving the forest, earlier known as Law Syiem, as a safeguarded natural area. Paliar criticised the actions of the Myntris of Hima Mylliem for allocating land inside the protected forest and stressed the urgency of conserving the region's remaining green spaces.

"Unchecked deforestati...